ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,281,835, issued on April 22, was assigned to LG Electronics Inc. (Seoul, South Korea).

"Refrigerator" was invented by Ki Hwang Kim (Seoul, South Korea), Ho Jin Choi (Seoul, South Korea), Dong Hwi Kim (Seoul, South Korea), Sung Hee Kang (Seoul, South Korea) and Sang Ho Jung (Seoul, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A refrigerator includes a refrigerating compartment, a freezing compartment, and an ice-making compartment. The refrigerating compartment is configured to receive cool air from a refrigerating compartment side grille fan assembly, and the ice-making compartment is configured to be located any one refrigerating compartme...